Global peatland area and carbon dynamics from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present – a process-based model investigation

Müller, Jurek; Joos, Fortunat

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5285-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5285-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5285-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

Research article

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05 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 05 Nov 2020

Global peatland area and carbon dynamics from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present – a process-based model investigation

Jurek Müller and Fortunat Joos

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RC1: 'Review of “Peatland area and carbon over the past 21,000 years – a global process based model investigation” by Müller and Joos.', Thomas Kleinen, 27 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Jurek Müller, 26 Aug 2020
RC2: 'A major contribution to understanding peatland dynamics and history', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Jurek Müller, 26 Aug 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Sep 2020) by Jens-Arne Subke

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ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2020) by Jens-Arne Subke

AR by Jurek Müller on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We present an in-depth model analysis of transient peatland area and carbon dynamics over the last 22 000 years. Our novel results show that the consideration of both gross positive and negative area changes are necessary to understand the transient evolution of peatlands and their net effect on atmospheric carbon. The study includes the attributions to drivers through factorial simulations, assessments of uncertainty from climate forcing, and determination of the global net carbon balance.